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The Houston Chronicle reports (here) that U.S. District Judge Sim Lake has ordered former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling to report to the federal correctional institution in Waseca, Minnesota (link here), about 75 miles south of the Twin Cities. This is a low-security facility. Judge Lake had recommended that Skilling be placed in the FCI in Butner, North Carolina, but as seen in former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow's assignment to the FCI in Oakdale, Louisiana, rather than the recommended facility outside Austin, the Bureau of Prisons makes its own decisions on prisoner assignments. Skilling has been ordered to surrender by December 12 at 2:00 p.m., although the Fifth Circuit could order release on bail pending his appeal, which is uncommon but certainly not impossible. If Skilling is not permitted by the Court of Appeals to remain free on bond, it would not surprise me if he reported before December 12 to avoid a media circus on that day. (ph -- thanks to Tom K. for noticing an error in the date in an earlier version)